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Emily’s Oz & Tech for Disabilities
Everyone has a favorite movie – that includes the 8 million people in America with visual disabilities. What does a person who is blind see when they watch their favorite movie?
When my grandmother lived with us many years ago, she had a hard time seeing the television and hearing it. We had to turn it up loud and she pretty much needed us to help her find a show to watch on television. It was pretty tough for her. I think that she would love to advances in technology that would help her out.
ACCESSIBILITY FOR DISABILITIES
XFINITY on the X1 Entertainment Operating System has accessibility features built right in to bring customers innovations like the industry’s first talking guide, video description, accessible mobile apps and the new voice remote. Everyone should be able to find and enjoy their favorite movies independently – TV is universal, so access should be as well.
XFINITY also offers special equipment to Accessibility customers. The large-button remote is offered free of charge and improves readability for elderly or visually impaired customers. You can find more information on the remote here.
Get more information on the Comcast website.
WATCH EMILY'S OZ COMMERCIAL HERE
Emily’s Oz is a new ad from XFINITY focusing on the strides towards making technology accessible to those with disabilities. If you missed the Emily’s Oz commercial, it’s definitely worth a look – you can see it below. The creative minds behind the ad put together a new set for The Wizard of Oz, creating the world of Oz the way a 7 year-old who is blind named Emily sees it in her mind.
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Pretty neat that special equipment is available to make it easier!
I love how EVERYONE can enjoy the same thing!!
I like the fact that it has voice remotes.
I like that it makes entertaining easy to everyone
What a great commercial. I’ve never really thought about what someone blind would picture as they are listening to movies before. This really opened my eyes to those with disabilities.
XFINITY is my hero for offering special equipment to Accessibility customers. That’s what I like best about them.
I like the talking guide; excellent technology for the blind and sight impaired.
I like the large-button remote that helps the elderly and visually impaired be able to see it. My Dad needs to get one of these remotes, and I like that they are free. I did not know that Xfinity even had this service.
I like the voice remote feature.
I like the voice remote feature to make it easier to change the channels.
I love the voice remote feature!
Wow, that’s such an amazing ad. The talking guide is going to help out so many people. Very cool of Xfinity.
I really like the large-button remote option!
My parents have Xfinity and are really happy with the service. That talking guide is awesome.
I like the voice activated guide
I totally love the commercial!! Thank you so much for the great post and giveaway 😀
I love the large-button remote option for people who have a hard time seeing the buttons or have large fingers:)
Wow that is amazing. I love that they are doing this.
Love the commercial, it put a smile on my face. I have just the person who needs to read this!
I really think this is a wonderful idea and something that needs to be done so everyone can enjoy watching t.v.
I like the large button remote.
I like the large button remote that is available.
the voice remote is cool
I like the large-button remote
The voice remote is pretty awesome.
It’s crazy how far technology is going! So amazing to see/know that people with poor or no vision can experience movies, too.
the voice command is pretty awesome
I have never heard of this before, what a great technology for disabilities!
This is a really great feature. We have Xfinity and love it. That commercial is awesome.
It’s The large-button remote is offered free of charge and improves readability for elderly or visually impaired customers.
Lovely commercial, the voice remote feature is awesome. Glad everyone can enjoy it together now
I like the voice remote
I think the voice remote feature is great.
I’d like to say that I like the talking guide.
I think it is great that you can have a voice remote. I have so much trouble myself, finding the right button on the dang remote, in the dark, to go where I want it to go! I would use it!
I love how the remote has large buttons that are easy to read for those that have visual impairments and for the elderly!
I really like the talking guide. I would love to use this!
I like the talking guide and the voice remote. Nice!
Glad technology is being used for the right reason! This would be a big help!
I saw that on Facebook a few weeks ago and it’s such a touching reminder as to how we all experience things differently. The Wizard of Oz is one of my all time favorite movies.
I like the voice remote feature.this would be so helpful for my dad who has bad eye sight!
I like the new voice remote feature. This is sure to come in handy to a lot of people.
I like that Xfinity considered reaching their audience with disabilities. I especially like the voice remote.
What a great service.
I like that they offer mobile interfaces with screen reader software
Love the talking guide and voice remote! Very cool!
I know for a fact both my parents would find a lot of use in that larger remote. I love XFINITY for trying to put our services to better help those who need basic help. It really shows they care about all their consumer base.
I love the closed captioning!
The voice guidance is one great and cool feature.
I’ve always wondered how effective technology is for those who are unable to see or hear a movie. How amazing – I hope that it continues to develop too.
I like the closed captioning features.
I LOVE anything that give people more accessibility 🙂 Being legally blind myself, and having friends who are totally blind, I love that they will have this kind of access! They can watch movies alone without having someone there to describe the scene 🙂 So cool!
I love the voice remote control feature.. .
makes it so much easier!!!!
Thanks : 🙂
I like the large button remote.
I like that they are helping all people to be independent.
What I like best about the Xfinity tech for disabilties is the new voice remote.
As a teacher of those with disabilities, this makes my heart happy happy happy! I love that we are able to communicate and connect with those that suffer form various disabilities!
What I like most about Xfinity tech for disabilities is the larger sized button remote control.
I like that it has closed captioning
I like the large-button remote is offered free of charge and improves readability for elderly or visually impaired customers.
XFINITY always offers such great features. My favorite would definitely be that they offer special equipment to Accessibility customers which is a large-button remote is offered free of charge and improves readability for elderly or visually impaired customers. This is super nice and meaningful because I live with my sweet Nana who is 79. Things like this are very appreciated.
I’ve often wondered about how those who were blind from birth experience or “see” things. It’s great that so much care and consideration has been put into this.
I Like The Voice Remote Feature.
I like the voice control.
I think the voice control would be great for both of my grandparents.
I hate comcast as a whole, always have problems with them. But I have to admit, this is really cool that they’re doing this. This video is so sweet!
I think the voice remote feature is so cool and a great idea .
I like that it helps people.
Wow, I just love the commercial for Emily’s Oz. I think the ‘video description’ feature is really cool.
I love that the large-button remote is offered free of charge and improves readability for elderly or visually impaired customers. This would be great for my mother 🙂
How wonderful that this was developed! Perfect for anyone and everyone!
Omg xfinity sounds great!!!! I know a lot of people who have it and everyone has nothing but great things to say!
I love that the remote has big buttons for people who have trouble seeing!
I like the audio visualization, big numbers and the voice command.
I like the large-button remote best.
I like anything that make technology easier for people. This would benefit my mom who is in her eighties. She’s always hitting the wrong button on the remote and changing something; the large button would be useful to her.
I like the advanced closed captioning features.
What an awesome giveaway! Good Luck to all those who will join.
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The voice remote sounds like a smart idea.
The large-button remote is offered free of charge
What a great video :’) I love the work that Comcast is doing. My grandpa is going through the same thing right now that you mentioned with your grandmother. Thanks for sharing, this really tugged at my heartstrings and made me think 🙂
This would have been great for my mo who was deaf in one ear and had trouble seeing. I am so glad to hear Xfinity is offering this service.
The voice remote feature is very helpful to those with disabilities.
I think it is great, it is an awesome start. I have worked with many people with various disabilities. One thing that many of us without disabilities taes for granted is the ease of use of everyday items. The ease of being able to get where we want to go when and how we want. The voice remote is wonderful for not only those with visual disabilities, but for those with maneuverability issues as well. Or for some with certain learning disabilities it can help too. The larger buttons have obvious benefits to many too.
This would be great for my parents as they need larger items when looking at the screen.
I really like the voice remote, what a great feautre – Twitter @JRFrugalMom
What I like the most is the vvoice remote!
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The talking guide seems like an awesome feature!
I like the voice activated remote, that would sure help a lot of people! I’m glad they are working on making this easier for everyone and accessible.
I like that the remote has larger buttons.
I like the voice activated guide feature the best.
the voice activiated remote feature
The new voice remote sounds like a really great feature.
I love that it improves readability for elderly or visually impaired customers
The voice emotes is great!
I like the voice remote feature
The large button remote is free! That is great for people like my grandparents who don’t see well anymore due to glaucoma and cataracts!
I like the voice emote feature
I like the voice activated remote
I think it’s a great idea. Nobody should be left out of great TV! I like that there are talking guides. Not only would it be great for disabled folks, but for kids who can’t read too!
I think it is great that it has a large button – I know that is something my grandpa would find useful. It’s great that they are really taking their customer’s needs into thought!
The talking guide seems like an great feature even if you don’t have a visual impairment.
I like that it has voice remote, that means a lot to me
I like the fact that people with disabilities can feel more self sufficient the best.
Low tech stuff like ramps works good also for disability mobility.